# Learning & Development Partner

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $159k – $192k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Learning & Development, Organizational Development, Strategic Consulting, Learning Design, Program Facilitation, Project Management, Vendor Management, Capability Building, Playbook Development, Stakeholder Management
**Posted:** 2026-05-19

> Partner with leaders and People Partners to diagnose capability needs and design scalable learning tools, playbooks, and development programs that build lasting organizational capability.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to People Partners and people leaders on learning and capability development, helping them diagnose needs, apply L&D principles, and build capability in their teams.
- Design scalable tools, playbooks, learning pathways, and frameworks that build lasting capability.
- Consult on capability building needs across the organization, effectively diagnosing the need and underlying skill gaps, aligning solutions with organizational priorities, and right-sizing the response for sustainability at scale.
- Design and facilitate structured development programs, including core skills and career growth experiences, ensuring they connect to performance and career development processes.
- Partner with the L&D Manager and broader PDE team to ensure learning approaches are coherent and connected.
- Evaluate and manage external learning vendors when needed.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in L&D, organizational development, or a related field, with a track record of balancing strategy and execution.
- Strong consulting and advisory skills. You can effectively diagnose capability needs, recommend right-sized solutions, and influence without direct authority.
- Experience building scalable learning infrastructure (playbooks, toolkits, frameworks) that enable others to deliver.
- Strong project management and business acumen. You can manage multiple workstreams, hold vendors accountable, and connect learning investments to business outcomes.
- The experience and confidence to manage expectations, push back on requests that aren't high priority, and recommend lighter-touch solutions when needed.
- A genuinely collaborative approach. You share credit, invite input, and find satisfaction in enabling others.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Familiarity with connecting individual development to organizational readiness.
- Experience making learning relevant and accessible for a workforce under constant demand.
- Comfort with ambiguity and evolving scope; this role will grow and change as the function evolves.

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